Volunteers

Melanesia

Josh Brooks

Josh Brooks is a GIS/Survey Adviser working with the Autonomous Government of Bougainville. He completes his assignment in Feb 2013. View full profile

Andrea Dekrout (past volunteer)

Andrea Dekrout worked as a Research and Training Adviser at the Autonomous Bougainville Government's Division of Primary Industry. She completed her assignment in May 2011. View full profile

Susan Hinkley (past volunteer)

Susan Hinkley worked as a Legal Adviser at the Nazerath Rehabilitation Centre in Bougainville. Susan was accompanied by her husband Tony. She completed her assignment in December 2010. View full profile

Victoria Degerman (past volunteer)

Victoria Degerman worked as a School Counsellor at Hutjena Secondary School in Bougainville. She completed her assignment in July 2011. View full profile

David Hall

David Hall is working with partner organisation Arawa Urban Council as a Public Works Officer in Arawa, Bougainville. David is accompanied by his wife, Rosie. He completes his assignment in April 2012.

Norah Riddick

Norah Riddick is a physiotherapist working with Callan Services in Bougainville. She completes her assignment in September 2012. View full profile

Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas is an Information Systems Trainer with the University of PNG, Buka Open Campus and with Flexible and Open Distance Education, Bougainville. Michael completes his assignment in May 2012.

Gerard Bruijl

Gerard Bruijl is on a short term assignment a Marketing Adviser at World Vision PNG. He completes his assignment in April 2012.

Beryl Riley

Beryl Riley is a Social Worker at Buka General Hospital, Bougainville. She completes her assignment in January 2013.

Donna Llewell

Donna Llewell is a Legal Adviser (Land Rights) at the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG). She completes her assignment in August 2012.

Jo Rowan

Jo Rowan is a Short Course Training Adviser at Tinputz Specialised Training Centre (TSTC), Bougainville. She completes her assignment in August 2013.

Pru Wellington

Pru Wellington is a Management Adviser at the Division of Community Development, Buka, Bougainville. She completes her assignment in October 2013. View full profile

Bill Shields

Bill Shields is a Management Adviser at the Division of Media and Communication, Buka, Bougainville. He completes his assignment in October 2013. View full profile

Libby Kerr

Libby Kerr is a Database Research Assistant on VSA’s UniVol programme, working at Osi Tanata Incorporated in Arawa, Bougainville. She completes his assignment in December 2012.

David Walters

David Walters is a English Teacher Trainer at Arawa High School, Bougainville. David is accompanied by his wife Pam. He completes his assignment in February 2014.

Anna Ravendran (past volunteer)

Anna Ravendran was a Youth Worker on VSA's UniVol programme, working at Wan Smolbag, Vanuatu. She completed her assignment in December 2011. View full profile

Vic Hewson

Vic Hewson is a School Managment Coach working with the Ministry of Education. He completes his assignment in March 2012. View full profile

Karen Henry

Karen Henry is a Tourism Business Adviser with the Department of Tourism, Vanuatu. She completes her assignment in May 2012. View full profile

Dianne Hambrook

Dianne Hambrook is a Desktop Publisher and Graphic Design Adviser at Wan Smolbag Theatre, Vanuatu. She completes her assignment in March 2012. View full profile

Keith Hambrook

Keith Hambrook is an Art Programme Adviser at the Department of Correctional Services, Vanuatu. He completes his assignment in March 2012.

Don Miller (past volunteer)

Don Miller worked as a Farm Support Association Assistant at the Farm Support Association in Vanuatu. Don was accompanied by his partner Helen who had recently completed a two year VSA assignment with Vanuatu Eli Jaelhud Asosiesen. He completed his assignment in December 2010. View full profile

Diane Thorne-George

Diane is the current VSA Country Programme Manager for Vanuatu. She has an 11 year relationship with VSA which began as a volunteer working with a Vanuatu preschool association (now known as VEJA) as a preschool teacher trainer. She followed this up with another two... View full profile

Eric Thorne-George

Eric Thorne-George is a Farm Supervisor at Vanuatu Agriculture Research and Technical Centre, Vanuatu. He completes his assignment in May 2012.

Maryann Pratt

Maryann Pratt is a Pre School Coordinator at Vanuatu Eli Jaelhud Asosiesen. She completes her assignment in March 2012.

Linda Bennie

Linda Bennie is a Hospitality Trainer and Adviser with the Sanma Provincial Tourism Association, Vanuatu. Linda is accompanied by his husband and fellow VSA volunteer, Jim. She completes her assignment in January 2014.

Pepe Robertson

Pepe Robertson is a Pre School Coordinator at Vanuatu Eli Jaelhud Asosiesen. She completes her assignment in September 2012.

Mereana Mills

Mereana is a Tourism Business Adviser with the Department of Tourism, Vanuatu. She is accompanied by her husband Wayne who is also on assignment with VSA. She completes her assignment in October 2012.

Wayne Mills

Wayne Mills is a Systems Strengthening Officer at the State Prosecutions Department in Port Vila, Vanuatu. He is accompanied by his partner Mereana Mills who is also on assignment with VSA. Wayne completes his assignment in October 2012. View full profile

Howard Iseli

Howard Iseli is a Tourism Business Development Adviser with the Department of Tourism, Vanuatu. He is accompanied by his wife and fellow VSA volunteer Jacqui. Howard will finish his assignment in September 2012.

Jacqui Iseli

Jacqui Iseli is a Sign Language Tutor / Adviser with Sanma Frangipani Association (SFA), Vanuatu. She is accompanied by her husband and fellow VSA volunteer Howard. Jacqui will finish her assignment in September 2012.

Chris Smart

Chris Smart is a Business Adviser at the Department of Co-operatives and Ni-Vanuatu Business Services. He completes his assignment in October 2013.

Mary O'Reilly

Mary O'Reilly is a Waste Management Adviser at Sanma Provincial Council & Luganville Municipal Council in Vanuatu. She completes her assignment in October 2013. View full profile

Jane Rutledge

Jane Rutledge is a Marketing Adviser with World Vision Vanuatu. She completes her assignment in November 2013. View full profile

Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird is an Agricultural Assistant on VSA's UniVol programme, working at the Vanuatu Agriculture Research and Technical Centre (VARTC). He completes his assignment in December 2012.

Matthew Potts

Matthew Potts is a Youth Worker on VSA's UniVol programme, working at the Northern Care Youth Clinic (NCYC), Vanuatu. He completes his assignment in December 2012.

Simon Donald

Simon Donald is a Disaster Communications Adviser for the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Simon is accompanied by his partner Jade Boxio. He completes his assignment in February 2014.

Susan Kelly

Susan Kelly is a Management and Administration Adviser at the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. She completes her assignment in December 2012. View full profile

Janna Candy (past volunteer)

Janna Candy was a Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser at the Kairak Vudal Resource and Training Centre, Papua New Guinea. She completed her assignment in December 2011. View full profile

Mike Stewart

Mike Stewart is a Teacher Trainer at the Vunapope International Primary School, Papua New Guinea. He completes his assignment in April 2014. View full profile

Michelle Hitchcock (past volunteer)

Michelle Hitchcock was a Project Officer on VSA's UniVol programme, working at KVRTC, Papua New Guinea. She completed her assignment in December 2011. View full profile

Ant Rewcastle

Ant Rewcastle is an Eco-Forestry Adviser at Toimtop Bio-Cultural Conservation (TBCCD), Papua New Guinea. He completes his assignment in September 2012. View full profile

Phil Dolby

Phil Dolby is a Management Adviser at the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. He completes his assignment in June 2012.

Kevin Bird

Kevin is a Business Management Adviser at Pomio Potonpaga Group, Papua New Guinea. He is accompanied by his wife Colleen. He completes his assignment in March 2013.

Julia O'Connor

Julia O'Connor is a Legal Adviser at Live & Learn Environmental Education Inc., Papua New Guinea. She completes her assignment in February 2012.

Trudy McKnight

Trudy McKnight is on a short term assignment working as a Management and Administration Adviser at Callan Disability Services, Papua New Guinea. She completes her assignment in July 2012.

Peter Blinkhorne

Peter Blinkhorne is a Financial and Operational Managment Adviser working on a short term assignment at Mahonia Na Dari, Papua New Guinea. He completes his assignment in February 2012.

Amanda Weaver

Amanda Weaver is a Monitoring & Evaluation and Marketing Assistant at Kairak Vudal Resource and Training Centre (KVRTC), Papua New Guinea. She completes her assignment in December 2012.

Aaron Horrell

Phil Dolby is a Training Assistant at the Kairak Vudal Resource and Training Centre, Papua New Guinea. He completes his assignment in December 2012.

June Catchpole

June Catchpole is a Financial Adviser for the Catholic Diocese of Kimbe in West New Britain, PNG. June is accompanied by her husband and fellow VSA volunteer Dennis Catchpole. She completes her short term assignment in May 2012.

Dennis Catchpole

Dennis Catchpole is an Administration Adviser for the Catholic Diocese of Kimbe in West New Britain, PNG. Dennis is accompanied by his wife and fellow VSA volunteer June Catchpole. He completes his short term assignment in May 2012.

Celia Burton

Celia Burton is a Training Adviser at Kolombangara Forest Products Limited (KFPL) in the Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in September 2012. View full profile

Bryce McGowan

Bryce McGowan is a Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Adviser at World Vision Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in May 2013. View full profile

Renee Yap (past volunteer)

Renee Yap worked as a Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening in the Solomon Islands. She completed her assignment in August 2011. View full profile

Steve Carter

Steve Carter is an Education Authority Adviser at Makira Ulawa Provincial Education in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in May 2012. View full profile

Laurie Williams

Laurie Williams is a Principal Adviser at the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) at King George VI High School in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in April 2013. View full profile

Gary King

Gary King is a Management Adviser at ACMCA, SCA, and The Nature Conservancy in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in August 2012. View full profile

Simon James

Simon James is a Road Works Adviser at the Ministry of Infrastructure & Development in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in February 2013. View full profile

Adele Cubitt (past volunteer)

Adele Cubitt worked as a Legal Adviser (Research) at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the Solomon Islands. She completed her assignment in July 2011. View full profile

Sophie Egden

Sophie Egden is a Legal Adviser at Temotu Provincial Government in the Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in June 2012. View full profile

Scott Butcher

Scott Butcher is a Natural Resources Management Adviser at Laura Land Conference of Tribal Communities & Choiseul Provincial Government in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in September 2012.

David Wiseman

David Wiseman is a Road Works Adviser working for the Ministry of Infrastruture and Development in the Solomon Islands. He completes his assignment in August 2013.

Hannah Quigan

Hannah Quigan is an Administration and Communication Assistant on VSA's UniVol programme, working on the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in December 2012.

Lucy Dryden

Lucy Dryden is an Administration Assistant on VSA's UniVol programme, working on the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in December 2012.

Annabel Norman

Annabel Norman is a Festival Adviser working on the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in August 2012.

Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips is a Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, Solomon Islands. She completes her assignment in February 2014.

Polynesia

Val Duthie

Val Duthie is an English as a Second Language Trainer at the Marine Training Centre, Kiribati. She completes her assignment in May 2013. View full profile

Birnie Duthie

Birnie Duthie is an English as a Second Language Trainer at the Marine Training Centre, Kiribati. He completes his assignment in May 2013. View full profile

Stephen Alexander

Stephen Alexander is a Financial Adviser working with the Tonga Business Enterprise Centre (TBEC). He is on a short-term assignment, completing in February 2012.

Kalisi Viliamu-Hope

Kalisi Viliamu-Hope is a Teacher Trainer/Mentor in Atafu, Tokelau with the Department of Education. She completes her assignment in May 2013.

Ken Wong

Ken Wong works as a Scientific Research Adviser with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa. He completes his assignment in February 2014.

Jacky Fuller

Jacky Fuller is a Business Adviser (Adult Education) at SBEC, Samoa. She completes her assignment in April 2013. View full profile

Asia

Ken Wong (past volunteer)

Ken Wong worked as a Science Faculty Adviser at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. He completed that assignment in September 2011. He is now on a new assignment in Samoa as a Scientific Research Adviser with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa... View full profile

Bill Shields (past volunteer)

Bill Shields worked as a Management Adviser with Svay Rieng University, Cambodia. He completed his assignment in June 2011. View full profile

Sophie McCashin (past volunteer)

Sophie McCashin worked as a Youth Development Programme Worker on VSA’s UniVol programme with the Cambodian Centre for the Protection of the Children’s Rights. She completed her assignment in January 2011. View full profile

Nicky Brown (past volunteer)

Nicky Brown worked as a Shelter Services Management Adviser at the Cambodian Centre for the Protection of the Children’s Rights. She completed her assignment in March 2011. View full profile

June Vincent (past volunteer)

June Vincent worked as a Strategic Management Adviser at the Rural Economic Development Association, Cambodia. June was accompanied by her husband, Graham. She completed her assignment in October 2011. View full profile

John Gordon (past volunteer)

John Gordon was a Communications Adviser working with Farmer Livelihoods Development, Cambodia. He completed his assignment in November 2011. View full profile

Tony Morine

Tony Morine is a Library Adviser at the National Library of Cambodia. He completes his assignment in March 2012.

Tanya Wilkinson

Tanya Wilkinson is a Marketing Adviser, working at Hamahon Feto Timor, Timor-Leste. She completes her assignment in February 2013. View full profile

Andrew Smith (past volunteer)

Andrew Smith worked as a Database Development Trainer at BELUN in Timor-Leste. He completed his assignment in November 2012. Before leaving New Zealand he lived in Otaki and worked as an Information Manager at Kapiti Coast District Council. View full profile

Tony McGurk

Tony McGurk is a Community Advocacy Trainer with FONGTIL, Timor-Leste. He completes his assignment in May 2012.

Lisa Vitasovich

Lisa Vitasovich is a MYOB & Finance Systems Trainer at the Dili Institute of Technology, Timor-Leste. She completes her assignment in November 2012.

Bill Hardie

Bill Hardie is a Finance and Administration Team Mentor with Moris Rasik, Timor-Leste. Bill is accompanied by his wife Julie. He completes his assignment in February 2012.

Ken McIntyre

Ken McIntyre is an English Language Adviser at the Dili Institute of Technology (DIT), Timor-Leste. He completes his assignment in May 2013.

John Herd

John Herd is a Database Systems Adviser with BELUN, Timor-Leste. He completes his assignment in April 2012.

Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson is a Finance and Adminstration Team Mentor for Moris Rasik in Dili, Timor Leste. He completes his assignment in February 2013.

Africa

Anna Reid (past volunteer)

Anna Reid worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer on VSA’s UniVol programme, working at Restless Development in South Africa. She completed her assignment in December 2010. View full profile

Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans is a GIS and Database Specialist at Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council, South Africa. Gareth is accompanied by his partner Katherine Weka and their two children Mara and Mikah. He completes his assignment in February 2012.

Alison Bowis

Alison Bowis is a Reading and Literacy Promoter at the Institute for Training and Education for Capacity Building, South Africa. She completes her assignment in June 2012.

John Bowis

John Bowis is an NGO Support worker at the Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, South Africa. He completes his assignment in June 2012.

Victoria Gregory (past volunteer)

Victoria Gregory is a Community and Resource Centre Manager at Umtata Child Abuse Resource Centre in Mthatha, South Africa. Before leaving New Zealand she was working with Government agencies on a gender pay and employment equity project in Wellington. She completes her assignment in December... View full profile

Chandni Bedhesi (past volunteer)

Chandni Bedhesi worked as a Primary/Intermediate Teacher Trainer at the Kara Counselling and Training Trust in Zambia. She completed her assignment in August 2011. View full profile

Charles Coombe

Charles Coombe is an Irrigation Quality Controller at International Development Enterprises, Zambia. He completes his assignment in June 2012.

Kusal Perera (past volunteer)

Kusal Perera worked as a Marketing Development Adviser at Tanganyika Farmers Association in Tanzania. He completed his assignment in August 2011. View full profile

John Collie (past volunteer)

John Collie worked as a Farm Management Adviser at Leguruki/King’ori Education Centre in Tanzania. John was accompanied by his wife Sunja. He completed his assignment in October 2011. View full profile

Nicholas Latty (past volunteer)

Nicholas Latty worked as a Communication and Project Writing Adviser on VSA’s UniVol programme, working at Malezi AIDS Care Awareness Organisation in Tanzania. He completed his assignment in December 2010. View full profile

Anne Perera

Anne Perera is a Food and Nutrition Adviser at Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) in Tanzania. Before leaving New Zealand she was working as a Business Development and Compliance Manager with Fresh Direct based in Auckland. She completes her assignment in August 2012. View full profile

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